amarellus

Latin

Etymology

From amārus (“bitter, sour”) +‎ -lus (diminutive ending). Sense development perhaps via the description of those suffering a disease of the biles. First attested in an Iberian document dated to 919.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

amārellus (feminine amārella, neuter amārellum); first/second-declension adjective (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. yellowish, pale

Descendants

References
  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “amarillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 233
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